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B R I E F S
STETSON HOSTS THE 16TH ANNUAL
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION YOUTH
PRE-LAW CONFERENCE
Alumni volunteers included Carmen Johnson J.D. ‘12, Charis Campbell J.D. ’13, Shaquana Harper J.D. ’12, Angelica Jones J.D. ’13, Cassandra Kline J.D. ’15
and Danielle Martin J.D. ’13.
Stetson’s Gulfport campus hosted the 16th Annual Diversity
and Inclusion Youth Pre-Law Conference on March 9, with
students from Tyrone Middle School. This year’s theme was
“The Great Debate.”
The daylong conference, held every year in partnership with the
Law School Admission Counsel’s DiscoverLaw.org, featured
alumni volunteers mentoring middle school students along with
Stetson Law students, faculty and administrators. Stetson also
partnered this year with the Fred G. Minnis, Sr. Bar Association
of Pinellas County. With the assistance of the Minnis Bar, the
middle school students drafted mock written and oral arguments
and had an opportunity to advocate in the Eleazer Courtroom on
topics ranging from policing in schools to arming teachers.
The conference, coordinated by Associate Director for
Admissions and Diversity Initiatives Carmen Johnson J.D. ’12 in
conjunction with the Minnis Bar, promotes opportunities for
legal education and careers among local middle school, high
school and community college students from a range of diverse
backgrounds.
“Our alumni, working together with these students, feed the
pipeline of excellence and help grow future advocates,” said
Professor Judith Scully.
B Y B R A N D I PALMER
Our alumni, working together with
these students, feed the pipeline
of excellence and help grow future
advocates. — Professor Judith Scully
/DiscoverLaw.org